Thread: Mounting Bilstien shocks

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

if a stone hits the shield it will dent it and the shock at the same time......

there should be some sort of gap between the shield and the shock.....this would give the shield space to slow down the stone and reduce impact.....


know anything about an elastic collision......you may have covered it in a science class......



i would put something between the shield and shock such as a few stips of rubber or plastic.....or even wood....just to space the shield off the shock a bit.......

True, but at least its twice as resistant to dent now as it will need to force both the shield and the shock body to dent. If there is a gap the deformation in the shield would dissipate a lot of the impact energy though.

I'm going to put a bit of 50mm poly pipe between the guard and the shock so the poly pipe should absorb the impact if a large rock hits the shock.

Well that's my theory anyway

Can't hurt

I'm putting my rear Bilsteins back on, cause these Pro Comps aren't doing the job with my lift, i might get the Rovertym adaptors for the front too and get the front Billies as well, as the front Pro Comps are bottoming out, i think the extented bumpstops from East Coast Rover are going in too.

Baz.

finding new limits again Baz?

Originally Posted by walker

I would have thought the same thing.......so why doesn't bilstein do this with their own sheild?

Then again, Slunnie has had his for a while and never had a problem.

In practice its rarely a problem. Yes you hear of it occasionally, as posted here, on the other hand the billies on my current car, & the last, never had a problem. Got about 200,000 km out of the last set.

I can clearly recall a boys weekend a couple of years ago- 3,800 kms in 4 days, nealy all dirt around the corner country. 3 Defenders, all bilstein shod, no problems.

A decent rock will take out any shock, with or without protection. Thats what spares are for. I wouldn't get too carried away with shields.

Regards
Max P

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

finding new limits again Baz?

Yes unfortunately, i don't think there long enough in the travel and closing lengths, even though they said they were.

Max i have to agree as i've done alot of desert travel on my last 2 sets of Bilsteins with no damage, (first set were to short) but i figured it can't hurt so why not, it doesn't take long to fit.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

Yes unfortunately, i don't think there long enough in the travel and closing lengths, even though they said they were.

Max i have to agree as i've done alot of desert travel on my last 2 sets of Bilsteins with no damage, (first set were to short) but i figured it can't hurt so why not, it doesn't take long to fit.

Baz.

Performance does drop off with any shock if they get too hot though, billies included.

Regards
Max p

hey Baz!

do those new billys have a part number you wish to share?

or is there extra work needed before that stage.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

hey Baz!

do those new billys have a part number you wish to share?

or is there extra work needed before that stage.

Just ask for the 6100 Bilsteins for the D2, Bilstein make them for D2s.

Long travel if you have a lift aspecially on the front, or standards if not.

Rears are eye to eye, and fronts are eye to eye with a crosspin.

Baz.